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No. 295,539. Patented M511. 25,1884.

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BUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPLEMENT FOR SETTING BUTTON-FASTENER STAPLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,539, dated -Maroh 25, 1884.

Application tiled September 28, 1853. (No model.)

To all whomy it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. GOODFELLOW, of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State'of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Implements for Setting Button-Fastener Staples, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. e

My invention relates to improvements in that class of implements which are made for clinching staples to secure buttons upon shoes and other similar articles of wearing-apparel.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means whereby the staple may be very rmly held true and driven through the fabric and clinched with great ease and accu racy and afterward readily released.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of one of my improved implements with the jaws open anda part of the handles broken off. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same implement with the jaws part way closed and a part of the lower jaw and of the lock on the upper jaw broken away. Fig. 3 represents a front elevation, partly in section, of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a side elevation, illustrating the position of the parts when a staple is completely bent therein; and Fig. 5 represents a front elevation, partly in section, of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the forward portion of the lower jaw and lever-supported deflectinganvil, hereinafter described. Fig. 7 is an elevation, partly in section, of a pivot-spring joint of my improved implement. cross-section of Fig.` 7. Fig. 8a shows a staple having its points beveled .for use in the implement shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 9, Sheet 2, represents a plan view, like Fig. 6, but with the guide-grooves of the detleeting and clinching dies all arranged in one plane. Fig. 10 represents a top plan view of a modification of myimproved swivellock on an upper jaw, provided with a front vertical slot; and Fig. 11 shows a front elevation of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of the forward portion of the upper and lower jaws of an implement having the button-lock arranged as in Figs. 10 and 11. Fig. 13 represents a front elevation, partly. in section, Showing my improved button-lock arranged Fig. 8 is a' Vseen in Fig. 1.

in a different position, and a staple bent between the jaws of the implement. Fig. 14 shows a pointed staple bent to different degrees. Fig. 15 represents a perspective view of the lower jaw with a part of its handles broken off and adapted to bend the legs of a staple in a line parallel to the length of the jaw. Fig. 16 is a plan view, partly in section,

ofthe jaw shown in Fig. 15.

Like letters refer to similar parts throughont the several views.

A is the upper jaw, B, the lower jaw; JJ, their levenhandles, and J a fulcrum-joint common in button-setting instruments. The

jaw A is provided with an arched recess, a,

and a transverse slot, the recess being made so as to "receive the loop of a staple, z, and the slot formed to receive the eye of a button, as shown by Figs. 1, 3, 5 or Figs. 11, '12, 13. To the jaw A is pivoted the swivel-lock E, by the stud or screwbolt z', as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5. This button-lock is preferably made of steel and provided with the wedge-shaped horn g, the lower and outer edge of which is made to conform to the arc of a circle having its center at the pivot i. The inner side of the horn g of the holder E is beveled at tin Figs. 1 and 3, or may conform to the bottom of the button and the eye, as `shown in Figs. 5 and 12. The horn g is shown shaped as -awedge, to bind upon the staple under the button-eye, while its inclined upper parts bind upon the button-eye or but-ton, or both, and thereby wedging and firmly holding the staple and button in place on the jaw. The operation of these parts is as follows: A staple, z, Fig.

8i, -composed of a loop and legs d d', pointed right and left, as shown at o o, in detail view, marked zt z",with the staple placed in the button h and the former in the arched pocket n, with the button above the face of the jaw, as The button-lock E may then be pressed toward the end of the` jaw. The forward top inner surface of the horn g presses beneath the projecting button-eye and raises the staple-loop up into the pocket n', and the side of the horn adjacent to the jaw bears against the side of the loop beneath the button-eye, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5.

In Figs. 10,11, 12, andA 13, Sheet 2, are shown detail modifications of this part of my inven- ICC tion, which are adapted to an upper jaw provided with'a vertical slot arranged to receive a staple having its ends beveled, as shown at o o, Fig. 14, Sheet 2.

In Fig. 13 the button-.lock E is arranged upon the end of the implement, so as to sweep across the top face of the jaw A in advance of the button, thereby raising the latter upon the incline edget of the horn g, and forcing the rear under side thereof upon the incline rbeneath, thus holding the button and staple; and in Figs. and 11 is shown the same button-holding device arranged to move horizontally across the jaw, illustrating distinctly in Fig. 12 the method of holding the button and staple ready for attachment. It will be observed that the horn g will bind upon the side of the loop of a staple, so as to hold the latter firmly in the upper jaw, and that the said horn and jaw, as shown and described, is adapted for use with devices of thelower jaw, illustrated in the drawings, to make from staples fastenj ers, such as shown at zu and z3 in Fig. 14.

In Fig. 7 is shown the interior of the ful- Crum-joint, in the body of which is made a circular groove or rabbet, r,which is adapted to receive the spring S, provided with its ends s s, bent at right angles and in opposite directions to each other, as shown by Y dotted lines, Fig. '8. These ends fit into holes in the sides of the joint-pivot, and when thus placed and sprung into the groove r provides means for keeping the handles and jaws apart, and also returns the pivoted anvil C and lever D to theirnormal position. Therefore said spring performs a double function, andwere it dispensed with the said anvil would be returned by opening the handles with the hand, which necessarily would have to be done in order to use the tool, hereinafter more fully described.

To the jaw B is pivoted alever-supported deflecting-anvil, C, by the bolt or stud a, passing through it into the part w. (See Figs. l and 6, Sheet 1, and Fig. 9, Sheet'2; also, Figs. 15 and 16.) The forward end of the anvil C is furnished with the deiiecting-dies b b,and the rear part with the lever D, which extends back toward the joint J, on Vthe side of which is formed the cam f, which engages with the lever D,when the handles J J aremoved, as will hereinafter be fully set forth. The forward end of the jaw B is provided with a slot, m, in

which the anvil O vibrates, as shown in the several figures. The upper faces of said j aw are beveled at c d, in which are formed the guidegrooves d d, plainly shown in plan view Fig. 6, Sheet 1, and Fig. 9, Sheet 2, and Fig. 16, and are placed opposite the dies b b in the leversupported anvil.

The pivoted deiiecting-anvil C can be made of temperable steel, and has its lever end formed with acam-face, 2, with which the part 1 of the cam j' engages. This cam may be made of temperable steel, and rigidly secured to any part of the implement of which the jaw A is a member by any ordinary means,

or may be cast with its adjacent body. These two parts being the only parts subject to eX- cessive wear,If1nd it desirable to temper them.

As the several parts are thus arranged, I will now describe the operation for setting a staple by the mechanism shown.

The button and staple having been arranged in the upper jaw, A, and the jaws held apart by the spring Swithin the fulcrum-joint J', as seen in Fig. 1; the fabric is then placed between the anvil Gand the downwardly-pointed staple Z. The lever D and cam f, being in the position shown, as the handles J J arev pressed together, the cam f at 1 retains the anvil C in the position shown in 1 until the staple ends have pierced the fabrick and begin to spread upon the deflectors p p, when the cam f at 1 acts slow until the staple ends have received their necessary bend or spread to reach the guide-dies d d in the bevel upper faces, c c', of the lower jaw on either side of the anvil C, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. At this stage of the mechanism I show a staple, zT, removed from the tool. Furthermore, during this stage of the movement, the upper jaw gains rapidly upon the anvil C in its downward movement, when continued pressure drives the staple-legs outward into the guides d d of the jaw B, as seen in Figs. 4, 5, and 13; and when in this position the lever-supported anvil C has fully retreated into the slot m, and the lever D and camf have .met at l and 2, as seen in Fig. 4, when the movement of clinching the staple is completed, and the latter bent, as seen at e, Sheet 1,*or z3, Fig. 14, Sheet 2. The implement is now automatically opened by the press-A ure of the spring S, whereupon the lever-supported anvil C is returned to its former position. Itvwill be perceived here that the cam f has acted.' upon the lever D so as to retain the anvil in its 'normal position until the upper jaw is about to come in contact with, and then gradually release, the anvil C, which retreats in advance of the upper jaw and between the clinching-sides, c c', as the upper jaw gains rapidly upon the anvil while they both descend together. Also, in returning the anvil to its normal position, the cam f acts upon suitable angles of the lever D. The principal object of said angles is to automatically raise said anvil upon opening the implement by the hand, although I find the spring S very desirable to accomplish this end. lIt will also be seen that the mechanism of the pivoted anvil C and its connecting parts are of positive movements, and constructed with a view to provide means whereby fabrics of various thicknesses are equally supported and pierced by staples of various sizes of wire, which may also be bent or spread with ease and accuracy. After the aforesaid operation of attaching the staplehas been done, the swivellock E may be withdrawn, to release the staple and button, fully attached.

The arrangement of parts, as shown in Sheet 1, is complete when it is desired to set a staple having its penetrating-points beveled right IOO IIO

and left to the plane of the loop thereof, also, to bend such a staples legs sidewise opposite to each other and at right angles to the sides of said loop, as shown at z8, Sheet 1.

It will also be observed that to bend the legs of a staple shown at Fig. 8A, the dies d d in the jaw and the delectors b b in the anvil are arranged as shown in plan view, Fig. 6, and to bend asimilar staple shown at e, Fig. 14, like that shown at z2 and e, same ligure. The said dies and defiectors are arranged in the jaw and anvil, as shown in Figs. 9, 15, and 16, and that the arrangement of diesshown in Fig. 6 is adapted to be used with an opposite jaw provided with various means for holding a Staple or button and staple,'and also by various communicating or operative mechanism they are adapted to bend staples into fasteners, as shown.

It will also be seenthat aslightmodieation of shape and position of the pivoted buttonlock E and horn g and the incline t on the horn shown in Sheet 1 will hold the staple and but-ton as shown in Figs. 10, 11, 12, and 13, and that the several parts arranged as described with the mechanism set forth will bend and set a staple in the form shown in detail view, Fig. 14, at z2 z es, Sheet 2.

It is obvious where the cam f isiocated on the implement, it may be placed anywhere i on either side of the pivotjoint J on the jaw A or its connecting-handle; or it may be formed within the joint in suchl a manner that the lever D will be operated therefrom. In the drawings I have shownthis cam f cast to the joint oi' the jaw A, on which it is preferably placed.

The arrangement of the retreating anvil C and clinching sides c c' and slot m of the lower jaw may be modiedin form, as shown in Figs. 15 and 16, in which it will be seen that the parts containing the dies d d` and b b are so constructed and arranged that the anvil will vibrate to deflect and bend a staple the lengthwise direction of the jaws. Thus when the jaw A shown in Fig. 1 is properly connected to the jaw B of Fig. 15, and the staple is located in the upperjaw, as shown in Fig. 1, the legs of the staple will be bent in a plane parallel with the plane of the loop of the staple; and were the staple located in the upper jaw, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13, 'and either of these jaws connected with the jaw of Fig. 15, and the position of the dies modified in accordance with Fig. 6, the legs of 'a staple will be bent in line parallelV to the length of the jaw, but nevertheless the staple would be bent with its legs at right angles to the sides of the loop and in a plane therewith.

I am fully aware that the lever D on my improved pivoted retreating anvilOmay be omitted and the latter made to rise and fall, as de. scribed, by having its free or beveled end beneath the dies supported by a reciprocating movement, which `is controlled by the cam j',

substantially as described.

The incline r is shown made on the jaw in set forth, of a jaw furnished with means, subrear of the bntton-slot,"and may be made mov- W able, so as to varyits height in relation to the button, and as shown is adapted to be used in connection with various kinds of buttonholding devices which have a tendency to tilt the button when brought in contact with it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. The combination, with a jaw having a recess to receive a staple and eye, of a button, substantially. as set forth, of the described button-lock pivoted to said jaw, and adapted to be moved beneath and across a button having a staple through its eye in said recess, and thereby secure the-button and staple to the jaw, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a jaw having a recess to receive a button and staple, and furnished with the described button-lock pivoted to said jaw, and adapted to secure the button and staple to the jaw, substantially as 9o stantially as described, for bending and clinching the legs of the staple by the closing of said jaws.

3. The combination, with a jaw having a recess for receiving the bow of a staple, ofthe described holder pivoted to said jaw, so as to move -across said recess in a plane about parallel to the plane of that recess, and bear against one side of the two legs of the bow of a staple in the recess, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination,with a j aw having means for holding a button and staple, of a second jaw having the lateral dies c c', and the anvil C, mounted on said second jaw, so as to move to and fro between said dies, and connected with said other jaw by devices, substantially as described, for positively controlling the retreating movement of the anvil as the jaws are closed in bending the legs of `a staple, as set forth. l

5. The combination,with a jaw having means for holding a button and staple, of a second jaw having the lateral dies c c', and the anvil C, mounted on said second jaw, to move between said dies, and connected to said other jaw by devices, substantially as described, for positively controlling the retreating movement of the anvil as the jaws are closed in bending the legs of a staple, and means for returning the anvil in opening the jaws, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination,with ajawhaving means for holding a button and staple, of the jaw B, jointed to said other jaw, and having the side inclines, c c', lever D, mounted on the jaw B, and furnished with the anvil C and the cam IOO j', or its equivalent, on said other jaw, sub- IIO 1o having guide-dies d d, combined with a pivzo a pivoted anvil, substantially as setforth,

oted retreating anvil, C, mounted on a lever, D, adapted to operate substantially as described.

9. In an implement for setting buttons, a jaw, A, provided with an arched recess, n, to receive a staple, and a slot to receive a button-eye, and furnished with the button-lock E, as described, to Wedge a button and staple, in combination With thejaw B, provided with adapted to bend and clinch a staple, substantially as described.

10. In an instrumentv for setting buttons, a member, A, provided with means for holding a button and fastener, and cam f, jointed to the member B, provided with a retreating anvil, C, furnished'with dies b b, and lever D and sides c c', adapted to operate as described, of a spring, S, arranged iny the fulcrunrjoint J in the manner set forth, and adapted to return the detlectinganvil C and members A and B to their open position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have, this 14th day of September, 1883, set my hand, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN H. GOODFELLOW. Vitnesses:

CHARLES SELKIRK, ALBERT S. ROBINSON. 

